Old English

Alternative forms

• mægeþ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæjθ/

Noun

mæġþ f ‎(nominative plural mæġþ or mæġþe)

1. girl; virgin, maiden, woman, wife

Declension

Derived terms

• mæġþblæd
• mǣġþhād

Etymology 2

From mæg ‎(“kin”) +‎ -þ ‎(suffix forming abstract nouns). Compare the formation of modern English kindred.

Alternative forms

• mæġeþ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæːjθ/

Noun

mǣġþ f ‎(nominative plural mǣġþa or mǣġþe)

1. family, kindred
2. a tribe or nation

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *maigiþō ‎(“shamelessness, wantonness, wickedness”), from *maigaz ‎(“wicked, shameless”).

Alternative forms

• ġemǣgþ, ġemægþ, ġemǣhþ

Noun

mǣgþ f ‎(nominative plural mǣgþe)

1. importunate desire; ambition; greed
2. power, greatness

Related terms

• māh, ġemāh